History and memories of the domestic violence movement: we've come further than you think

In this captivating book, activist and scholar Gill Hague recounts the inspiring story of the violence against women movement in the UK and beyond from 1960s onwards, examining the transformatory politics behind this movement through an important historical and international lens

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Main Author: Hague, Gill 1945- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bristol Policy Press 2021
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Summary:In this captivating book, activist and scholar Gill Hague recounts the inspiring story of the violence against women movement in the UK and beyond from 1960s onwards, examining the transformatory politics behind this movement through an important historical and international lens
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Introduction -- Everything seemed to change at once: women's liberation and the women's movement(s) from the 1960s -- Women's liberation: strands, debates, transformations -- The violence against women movements burst into life -- Taking on rape and sexual violence, as well as domestic abuse -- A radical women's politics: the light of innovation and new ways to organise -- Wider feminist principles and domestic violence: making a new world -- As time went on: the movements on domestic violence and harmful practices grow -- Struggling to change: campaigns, laws, and local and global strategies -- Activist responses, justice and shelters (refuges) across the world -- Expanding the movements, gaining the evidence: feminist research and the transnational action -- End word
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (ix, 255 Seiten)
ISBN:9781447356349
DOI:10.46692/9781447356349

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